Bible becomes 2011 bestseller in Norway
New translation's success, which saw queues outside bookshops, is not linked to Utøya murders, says publisher
The UK's 2011 bestseller lists might have been dominated by cookery, courtesy of Jamie Oliver, and romance, courtesy of David Nicholls, but Norwegian readers were plumping for another sort of book last year: the Bible.
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Tuesday, 3 January, 2012
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